PUTTING TOGETHER YOUR CV

The most important thing to remember for a successful CV is that you sell yourself on the document. At every opportunity show how you can add value to someone else’s organisation.

Put your Name and current / most previous job title at the top of the document, followed by an address and contact details (home telephone number / mobile / email )

A brief summary or profile covering your most recent role, background and what drives you; as well as major achievements in business and life (eg/ top sales man of the year, achieved a 1st in a masters etc). It is worth noting that Hiring Manager look at hundreds if not thousands of CVs a day, so you need to grab their attention instantly.

Your work experience should start with your most recent, clearly showing dates, company name (website), your job title, and role and responsibilities while you worked there. This section is going to be the main area that any Hiring Manager is going to look at, so try to be detailed and concise, show were you added value to the business, demonstrated a strong work ethos. Were at all possible match your previous experience to the role which you are applying for.

Make sure the CV is well presented, and honest critique of your past experience, easy to read grammatically correct; and NO spelling mistakes

Patrick is a thorough professional who applies his skills, knowledge and expertise to pair up both candidate and client alike. He takes the time to understand a client’s needs and researches the industry in depth. His attention to detail makes him a successful recruiter. I would have no hesitation in recommending him to handle your HR requirements.

I worked with Patrick on filling a sales role recently. I found Patrick to be extremely professional. He has a good insight into our business and briefed his candidates accordingly. Patrick screened the candidates appropriately and as well as investing in the company’s needs, it was quite obvious that he invested heavily in his candidates which was evident from his presence at interview stage to coach and mentor his candidates and get feedback for them as soon as possible.

The best recommendation I can give Patrick (Director at ISS Ltd) is simply to say that during a period of high volume recruitment in our Belfast telesales office, he was by far and away the best agent we dealt with: He was consultative, came up with candidates his ‘corporate’ competitors could not, didn’t give up after setbacks and was spoken highly of by everyone he put forward for interview. Patrick is a very talented recruiter I would gladly work with again.

I first met Patrick (Recruitment Director with ISS Ltd) when I came to Interview for a Sales Position with Life Plus in Belfast. He quickly identified that I was able to bring a lot more to the table and would be better suited to the Sales Director Position. Within weeks he had secured me high quality candidates to Interview for the Sales roles in Belfast. He also accessed his network of contacts regarding office space in the city and we acquired our office space through these contacts. Patrick has always gone out of his way to assist us and as a result I would strongly recommend ISS Ltd, and we at Life Plus are continuing to use his services as we grow our Belfast and International Operations.

ISS Ltd is a locally owned professional recruitment firm, with a small team of executives who have worked both in the Irish and international market.

Sourcing the best quality people for SME to Multinational Firms; ISS always strives to find our executives their next best move; and our clients the best talent in the market.

With a team of experienced recruiters ISS Ltd can solve your recruitment requirements whatever they are. ISS Ltd specialises in those hard to fill posts, with international business relationships and an advertising & recruitment budget spread over the whole of the EU and further afield.